$151.2M to Lockheed Martin for Army HIMARS Launchers

Lockheed Martin Corp.’s Missile and Fires Control in Grand Prairie, TX received a $151.2 million firm-fixed-price contract to supply high mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) full rate production Lot 5 launchers for the US Army.

The HIMARS is the newest member of the multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS) family.

HIMARS is a mobile artillery rocket system offering the firepower of MLRS on a wheeled chassis.

HIMARS entered service in June 2005 with the 27th Field Artillery, 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, NC. The first full-rate production contract was awarded in December 2005.

For this most recent contract, Lockheed Martin will perform the work in Grand Prairie, TX (40%) and East Camden, AR (50%), with an estimated completion date of March 30/10. US Army Contracting Command, AMCOM Contracting Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL manages the contract (W31P4Q-08-C-0001).